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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. O. HOPE.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING PAPER PERCUSSION GAPS.

Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

E L A113 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. HOPE.

MACHINE FOR CUTTlNG PAPER PERCUSSION GAPS. No. 269.416. Patented 1390.19, 1882.

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onio, onzrs, on e SPECIE'ICATTIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,416, dated Deoemher i9.

(No model.)

To all whom i6 may concern:

Be it known ihal 1, CHARLES HQFF" of Ginoi'llamilton, and State ol'fihio, haveinvented certain new and. useful improvements in Machines for Cutting and Packing Toy Paper Cups, of which following is a epeeiii fl frroultin on Itsoogect into B 'or cutting eiroul t (i i rows of lL/u "heul; do

eaily deliver the cups in nese ohiechs ere accoml illustrated in ilie oncom- IZMG pi-fill; them, on l teen to hone ilzaninzzi.

diminished front elerw carrying the section 0 she Samoan: is o detail View, .n the out? we, ihe plan scale. tion, of

shine, and plunger guiding and driving ilevices. Fig; L elevation of one of iheeaneuiters, and the gravi'iating follower which slides Within ii, rlinwn 20 about she lull size. Fig. 5 a perspective viewol' he machine.

Similar reiereneelettero indicate like parts wherever they occur in the different views.

The he i-plnle A, suitably mounted upon a snppoiriilug-frame and longitudinally grooved to receive and guide the open sliding sheetoorrying frame 8, with the devices for clamping the sheet upon said frame and automoticnlly feeding iihe name to the coming mechanism, as wellzn; the rertieally-slidiug plunger 0, and the head-stool; or standards I), in which it slidegare substantially the some shown and described in Letters Potent No. 2 15,8236, dated August 16. i881.

iwill nowileeorihethe newly-in ented means by nhioh i am enabled in wind pack circular cups and gremlyincrease the oapaeitg. and eilicieno) him said former machine.

Proieellng from the front of the plunger (1 is n bar, E, in which are rigidly secured ihe cylindrical cutters F. These cutters are ser rated around the lower edge, forming sharp spear-like points for piercing through paper. which is thus, after the points have punctured il, sew? u mowing out, the edges of the in exploding in each Ollljiifii. is :i sliding roll oi uhe n whieh provided Wihllb heznl or projecting flange aronml the to;- co linii its; (iownlrarll movement. There is also suspended from the herEaperiorzitoilpre :r-plnlm ll. "Q

.a izilion of lhe inimlnr eulfurs. vvhen rho plungeris iii-ought iUWll spiral Springs IL, eoileil around the mower-rolls and (BOZQDIGSSH heiween the liYG-lSQFii and bar ll, hold the paper clamped between (he piiillfi l1 l until the comers and followers ill have heon' Wiihl'irziwn from the plates by the upward movement of the plunger U.

The followers G, ii" nnnle oi mixer, should he heavy one in rest firmly upon the paper without leaning it unevenly when the caps are nee-orig; SGVOl'll-(l. lprel'er to make ihesze followers ofnietnl rods bored up from the hotiom to let them press evenly zu'on'nll the edge of, the cap-piecewithouttouchingtlnsl'niiniimtepellet.

Ahovetheplnte l'l, upon im U, is secured a light metal plnle,g, lo press upon ih-z; heads of the followers 4,: iii'lei' the sullen have severed themips and l'ir-reeli iilllll through the stationary plate, to discharge the cups into the tubes J, in "use any oi the followers should stick by smell pieces ni' ilillwl turning up against; their Glg'iS,1lllii also to keep them l'rom jumping out; during the rapid nnnion of the plungorU. This plate g has periomtions nliove the I'OliS which suspend the presserlool; to idniit of the free passage of the I'Ollti on the downward stroke of the plunger.

The dischnrgeluhes J are arranged immediately under the pelomtionn in plate I. l have shown the tubes large enough at the lop to inclorse four of the opening in pinle I. Atthe bottom th taperioe of the ject up from i'rcme B, and upon box into which the caps are to be packed, so that four caps are discharged into each box at each stroke of the plunger 0..

Underneath the bedplate A in the ,irame of the machine is a frame, K, made of light angle-iron. This is secured to the legs and cross-pieces of the frame. This is the guide for the sliding bed'plate L. Upon one edge of this bed-plate'is a rack, l, the teeth of which are engaged by a detent, M. When the detect in disengaged from the rack. the bed-plate drawn forward by a weight, 7/, at the re r of the machine, through a cord, 2, which is attached to the front of the bedplate, thence passing around a sheave secured front of the frame K, underneath the frame and up at the roar, over a sheave in a standard at the rear of the machine. The deirnt M is connectcd lo a bell-crank, m, which is fulcrumed upon a standard secured in bed-plate A by a rod, M. The lower arm of the bell-crank is armed with a pin, which projects over the sliding sheet-carrying frame B, to engage with pins Z), projecting up from said frame. One of these pins striking the pin in the lower 'arm of the bell-crank disengages the detcut M momentarily from the rash l and permits weight 1 to draw the bed'platc L forum-1rd one tooth, when the detent, dropping; again, stops it with a row of empty boxes under the tubes J. The distance the pins 1) are placed apart determines the number of caps that will be packed in each box. The cap-boxes I prefer to place in trays (not shown) partitioned off to hold quite a number of bones. These can be filled by the attendants and placed properly by suitable registering-pins upon the bedplate L, and removed when tilled, to be re placed by empty ones, so that little time is lost in l operation of the machine, one machine keeping several attendants busy.

Instead or the gage used on my former ma chine for regi tering the sheets properly on frame B, i use registeringpins b which promy machine for pristin the sheet with the minate dots I have pins similarly arranged. New, pen i'orating a pile of crimp-paper with holes to register with these pins, I save all trouble of gaging.

In the drawings l'havc shown in the (lifterent views mymacnlne provided with one and two rows of cutters; but it is evident that any number of them may be arranged to cut at each stroke, as the cutterssercr the paper without drawingit out of tlioposition in which it is placed upon the frame, while the hollow plunger-s Ur protect the pellets. The danger of explosion is thus wholly avoided.

The plunger 0 is actuated by a. crankshaft, N, journaled in boxes secured in the head stock. This shaft is driven by hand, as shown, but may be driven, ii desired, by a band over the wheel C in use i couuterpoise the "illof the plunger 0 by a spiral s the upper on: of its pit-motiinbers o the room or llilll 0n my i prov'cG machine I am enabled. to perforate through several sheets at the same i time, thus greatly increasing the capacity of the machine.

the devices for automatically feeding the cap-hoxes are dispensed with, then an alarm should be connected by a wire to the bell-crank m, to sound signal when the requisite numher of caps are packed into the row of boxes.

The cylindrical cutters F will cut out and discharge caps perfectly without the followers G, and when the larger, or what are known as bomb, caps are made, the plungers G may, without inconvenience, be dispensed with, as the weight of the fnlminate pellets will carry the caps into the boxes; but in cutting the light common caps the followers insure their discharge through the tubes into the boxes.

It is evident that instead of the tubular cutters striking through the perforations of the stripper H and being encircled thereby when in the act of cutting the sheet or being with drawn therefrom said cutters might be encirgo cled by tubular stripper-sleeves, said sleeves being connected to the followers G by pins passing through vertical slots in the cutters.

What I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, substantially as hereinber'ore setforth of the spearpointed cylindrical cutters l and plunger 0 with the perforated. stationary plate I and similarly-perforated prcsscr-platc H. I

2. The spear-pointed cylindrical cutters F, in combination with a perforated plate, as l,

and the strippers arranged to encircle the cuttors and press yieldingly upon the cap-sheet to retain it place while it is being severed into caps.

3. The combination, substantially as specilied, of the grooved bed-platc A, open sheetcarrying frame 13, and stationary perforated plate i for the cutters to strike through, with 1 10 the spear-pointed-cylindrical cutters F, plungel 0, and its driving mechanism, and the strippers arranged to press yieldingly upon the on p-sneet to retain it upon the perforated plate while the cutters arc witlulrawn. r r 5 combination,substantially as herein sot l'orrlf, of, thegrooved bed plate A, open sheet-carrying frame B, adapted to slide within said bcdlate,".vith the plunger 0, shalt ll and its connecting-rod orpitman, the spearr20 pointed cylindrical cutters l and dischargetubes J.

The combination, substantially as specilied, ot' the grooved bod-plate A, theopen sheet-carrying frame 1 adapted to slide in said I 25 bed-plate, and pins 1), projecting up from said frame 13, with the bed-plate L, rack l, detcnt M, boll-crank m, connectingrod M, rope I, and weight l, the parts being arranged to antomatically feed the bed-plate L and its boxes I3 forward wl on tho dctcnt is released from the of. rack 'Iho combination, in a cap-cutting ma the ca'r-sheetfoeding devices conpointed cutters F, follower plate A, sliding frame and devicas for clampthe mpsevering of the tubular spar G, piaes H and I, and plunger U, and the boxfeeing devices consistiug of frame siidin tent M, rod M, bell-crank m and weight Z, as specifiefh CHAR itnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY HORATIO V. UROLL.

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